Windchill
Well-Known Member
I'm sure I will catch flack for this, and I'm okay with that. I'm doing both, playing devil's advocate and saying something that makes sense.
I haven't read all of the replies, but the first so many had the same theme to them.
One reply was that regulating the age limit is not something NY State Leg. should have the power to do. If a state can regulate the drivers on its roads, why can't it regulate the pilots in its airspace, and those who learn to drive/fly in their state?
Secondly, becoming a pilot is an extremely large responsibility that comes with grave dangers. If states are questioning whether or not they should raise the age students learn to drive, it makes sense that they might question the age students learn to fly.
I myself am a member of AOPA, and am a conservative against big government (yes, the right is generally for less government). While I do not have a strong opinion either way as to what age people should be allowed to fly . . . but there is quick screaming and pointing fingers for something that could make logical sense.
I haven't read all of the replies, but the first so many had the same theme to them.
One reply was that regulating the age limit is not something NY State Leg. should have the power to do. If a state can regulate the drivers on its roads, why can't it regulate the pilots in its airspace, and those who learn to drive/fly in their state?
Secondly, becoming a pilot is an extremely large responsibility that comes with grave dangers. If states are questioning whether or not they should raise the age students learn to drive, it makes sense that they might question the age students learn to fly.
I myself am a member of AOPA, and am a conservative against big government (yes, the right is generally for less government). While I do not have a strong opinion either way as to what age people should be allowed to fly . . . but there is quick screaming and pointing fingers for something that could make logical sense.